Sewer construction.



J. M. GONKLE SEWER CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16 1913.

Patented Sept. 15,1914.

INVENTOR TIM Con/kw WITNESSES JAMES M. CONKLE, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEWER CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 16, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914. Serial No. 742,448.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. CoNKLn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewer Construction, of which the following is a specification reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a sewer construction, and the primary object of my invention is to furnish a sewer and a man-hole with angularly disposed connections that permit of sewers being easily opened when clogged or closed by matter accumulating therein.

Another object of this invention is to provide a man-hole with angularly disposed sewer connections that permit of rods or other instruments being inserted in the sewer to open the same, without the necessity of entering the man-hole.

A further object of this invention is to provide a sewer construction that is durable, and easy to install when the man-hole is built.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein there is shown a longitudinal sectional view of a sewer construction in accordance with this invention.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a manhole of the ordinary and well known type and tapped into the bottom of the man-hole are sewer pipes 2. These pipes, at a point removed from the man-hole are provided with Y-connections 3 and connected to the Y-connections 3 and the man-hole 1, adja-' cent to the upper end thereof, are angularly disposed sewer pipe connections 4.

y removing the cover 5 of the man-hole a rod or other instrument 6 can be inserted in the connections 4 and forced into the sewer pipe to open the same whereby sewage can freely flow through the pipes 2. Jointed gas pipes of small diameter can be used as a rod or instrument for opening the sewer pipes, there being sufiicient flexibility in a jointed rod for the rod to readily pass into the sewer pipes from the connections 4. It is a well known fact that man-holes are not of suflicient size to permit of rods or similar instruments being used therein for opening sewer pipes, and that the present method is unhealthy and an extremely dirty job. By my "improved sewer construction the opening of the sewer pipe can be expeditiously and economically performed and the cost of installation is trivial when com pared with what is accomplished.

at I claim is In sewer construction, the combination with a vertically disposed structure providing a man-hole closed at its bottom and open at its top, a cover for closing said top, longitudinally extending and oppositely disposed sewer pipes opening into said manhole at the bottom thereof, a Y-connection forming a part of each of said pipes, and a pair of downwardly inclined and oppositely disposed pipes opening at their lower ends in said connections, said pipes having their upper'end opening into said man-hole near the top thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES M. CONKLE. Witnesses:

ROGER Corn, LOLA M. CRIss.

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